Best of the Web Today columnist James Taranto on the Supreme Court decision to hear a case this fall regarding a referendum in Michigan on race-based admissions. Photos: Getty Images

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... I ... awe as the Supreme Court this week ... during school landmark gay marriage cases ... but the court also surprised observers ... by angry here in Michigan case on race based admissions ... best of the Web columnist James Taranto ... is on set to tell us all about it James ... what is the dispute in the making things ... one is rusted and surprise all observers rise to two years ago the court would take this case ... by ... what happened was ten years ago and two thousandthree the U S Supreme Court ... to make a long story short our old racial discrimination at the University of Michigan ... affirmative action is really a present for racial discrimination ... they said this is ok ... I'd ... so the voters of Michigan ... disagreed that put an initiative on the ballot in two thousandsix which passed with fifty percent of the vote ... be adding any kind of recent racial discrimination by the state of Michigan including at the university's ... a pro discrimination advocacy group ... went to court ... and claimed that this initiative was unconstitutional ... and the sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals all the ones that were to put that quote up on the screen from the sixth Circuit said go ahead since ... I've been sick certain Suncor race conscious admissions policies quote in your primarily to the benefit of mind or to translate that in English for what they're saying is ... that that that they're basing this on a couple of long ago an obscure Supreme Court cases in which the court said ... that when you will not pass along ... I'd ... benefiting minority is ... and then you will ... get you repeal it by voter initiative you're depriving minorities of equal protection under the law ... the first of these cases involve the fair housing laws would actually was in and instrumentation lot ... the second one involved the busing plan in Seattle which I ... was actually pro discrimination plan and plan to use discrimination ... but he is the hardest race that had been upheld by the Supreme Court ends in the past the debt that the Supreme Court justify a race based admissions to educational institutions ... not to the benefit of the minority but for the benefit of everybody in the universe and well being of this is where this case is on a collision course with broader versus bones are the two thousandthree it's ... not only did the Supreme Court justify why ... racial discrimination on the basis of promoting equal diverse student body ... it said that that's the only reason ... that justifies now was aware that this is liberals and conservatives on the Supreme Court saying this well this was so I'd I'd this was either the Liberals and Justice O'Connor ... and Justice Kennedy although he descended from the case ... agreed in principle but diversity ok what does say ... that the Michigan six circuits saying ... of ... race based admissions are the best of minority are flying you got Supreme Court precedent say that with a problem with the sick circus or is this excerpt is saying ... that ... racial discrimination ... in the state of Michigan ... he is to benefits ... it was enacted to benefit minorities ... they're calling Justice O'Connor a wire ... that is the amount since she said were to take the University's word for it ... that this was her idea of strict scrutiny right which is the standard this post was aborted take Universe's word for the sixth circuit has blown up a whole run I ... was told the court skinny here with about thirty seconds left what's in here Fisher versus the University of Texas ... which is another landmark case seemed very similar issues ... idea that this is Michigan cases ... is can it ... really a full hearing or you think the justices in deciding vote like and what the justices to infection or what's likely to happen for sure is that the dresses will stop just short of saying you can't just random bits of rates ... so the leaves some wiggle room ... I and another generation university administrators what will be left to figure that out ... but that will mean ... that the Gordo Minotaur be open for I it's full on assault on the Michigan case which is well deserved a full on assault on the Michigan case will we will stay tuned best of the Web columnist James Taranto thank you so much ... for being with us ...